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New York, NY--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--October 22, 2007--Juniper Content Corporation’s (OTCBB: JNPC; "Juniper") ¡Sorpresa! announced today that the short film “Muertitos” was selected as the winner of the ¡Sorpresa! Youth Film Competition at the 15th Annual Hampton’s International Film Festival held throughout the Hamptons, New York. In addition, the film will be featured in Luz, Camera, ¡Sorpresa!, an original ¡Sorpresa! program, which airs on October 28th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific and 6:00 p.m. Central time.
“Muertitos” encapsulates the sister duo directors, Sara and Olivia Hinojosa’s interest in the Mexican-American religious and cultural expressions. The sisters collaborated with co-directors Carly Garza and Desiree Martinez. Their three minute film focuses on the Mexican traditions of Día de Los Muertos and its celebration in their home town of San Antonio, Texas. The winner receives a $1,500 scholarship to attend the New York Film Academy’s Youth Digital Filmmaking Workshop which offers a training component at Universal Studios in California.
All five finalists will have excerpts of their films and their personal stories included in ¡Sorpresa!’s new original program, Luz, Camera, ¡Sorpresa! The program was created to showcase the five Hamptons International Film Festival finalists, inspire young film makers, and respond to the great interest and success of the channel’s partnership with the Festival.
“The Hinojosa sisters’ film demonstrates the unique opportunity that our Competition provided to exhibit culturally relevant and empowering user-generated content that connects with ¡Sorpresa!’s nationwide audience,” stated Maria Badillo, Vice President of Programming for ¡Sorpresa!
About ¡Sorpresa!
¡Sorpresa! is the nation’s first Hispanic children's television network and digital community. ¡Sorpresa! is owned and operated by Juniper Content Corporation, a media and entertainment company focused on branded content services in high growth markets across multiple distribution channels. ¡Sorpresa! is offered on Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, Verizon and The National Cable TV Cooperative. ¡Sorpresa! is also available through third party mobile and broadband platforms, including: Verizon’s FiOS and Brightcove; on VOD basis through Akimbo, AOL TV, MSN, and AT&T Homezone; and on a mobile basis through MobiTV, that provides Spanish language video services to Sprint and AT&T Wireless; and sorpresatv.com.
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